Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expanded hepatitis B routine testing recommendations after conducting a review of hepatitis B virus epidemiologic and treatment data. It notes that this expansion includes populations...
Recommendations have been updated for screening and testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, according to research published in the March 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
“This is a major step forward that the Hepatitis B Foundation had strongly advocated for over many years,” said Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, senior vice president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, in a press release. “These greatly expanded and simplified recommendations will improve access...
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As part of the new recommendations, the CDC expanded the list to include people with multiple sexual partners or a history of sexually transmitted infections, people who have had hepatitis C and incarcerated individuals. To increase access to testing, the guidance emphasizes that “anyone who reques...
The CDC recently issued guidance on screening for hepatitis B infection. Here’s a look at how (and why) these recommendations differ from those of the USPSTF. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new recommendations on screening for hepatit...
"New recommendations include hepatitis B screening using threelaboratory testsat least once during a lifetime for adults aged ≥18 years," the CDC said on Friday. While vaccinations are considered highly effective at preventing HBV infections, a total 70% of U.S. adults reported they were unvacc...
effective vaccine that can prevent hepatitis B," says Dr. Arun Jesudian, Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine. "These greatly expanded and simplified recommendations from the CDC will help protect millions of adults against this potentially deadly ...
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